Lecture: The Charm of Ukiyo-e and Tsutaya Juzaburo
Taito 1-chome Community Center Multipurpose Hall (25-5 Taito 1-chome)
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| Date and Time | 1st session: Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 14:00 (90 minutes) 2nd session: Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 14:00 (90 minutes) |
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| Venue | Taito 1-chome Community Center Multipurpose Hall (25-5 Taito 1-chome) |
| Details | [Part 1] From the Establishment of Ukiyo-e to the Birth of Nishiki-e Ukiyo-e is a new style of painting that arose in Edo during the early modern period. The background to its establishment was the genre paintings of the early modern period. Ukiyo-e, which is said to have been created by Hishikawa Moronobu in the late 17th century, is a work that depicts the contemporary customs of the emerging city of Edo, Kabuki, and the pleasure quarters of Yoshiwara, and was called "Edo-e" at the time. Ukiyo-e became an information medium that reached many people, not only through hand-painted paintings but also through woodblock prints. In addition, when the Torii school, which specialized in theater paintings, came to Edo from Kamigata, Edo actor paintings and theater paintings began to be produced, and the publisher and artist Okumura Masanobu expanded the range of painting subjects and invented ukiyo-e, and many types of ukiyo-e became widespread in the world. [Part 2] The Golden Age of Ukiyo-e and Publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo Ukiyo-e saw a major development in the mid-18th century. This was the birth of multi-colored woodblock prints known as "Azuma Nishiki-e." Suzuki Harunobu was active in the early days of nishiki-e. Behind the scenes, there were the bannerman Okubo Kyokawa and the writer Hiraga Gennai, and it was spurred on by the popularity of kyoka poetry during the An'ei and Tenmei periods and the exchange of large and small picture calendars. Later, artists such as Katsukawa Shunsho, who painted portraits of actors, appeared, but in particular, the up-and-coming publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo employed Kitagawa Utamaro and introduced the new concept of large-headed pictures, ushering in the golden age of ukiyo-e. Tsutaya Juzaburo started out as a shop selling thin fabrics at the entrance to the pleasure quarters of Yoshiwara, and later opened the Koshodo shop in Toyu-cho, where he published many blocks of woodblock prints, including nishiki-e. Tsutaya Juzaburo was punished under the Kansei era publishing control law, but he made a comeback by producing large-headed pictures of actors printed with mica by Toshusai Sharaku. The subsequent ukiyo-e world produced artists such as the Utagawa school, including Utagawa Toyoharu, Hiroshige, and Toyokuni, as well as Katsushika Hokusai, famous for his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, and has continued to the present day with the Akae style at the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration, and the Shin-hanga style in the Taisho period. |
| Cast | Hiroshi Ozawa [Edo-Tokyo Museum Honorary Researcher, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Shukutoku University] Born in 1947. Completed doctoral studies at Meiji University Graduate School of Letters. Received the 1st International Ukiyo-e Society Award. Co-supervised the exhibition "DNA of Japanese Design" in Bangkok, Thailand, and the exhibition "Kyôto-Tôkyô, des Samouraïs aux Mangas" at Grimaldi Forum Monaco. His publications include "The Genealogy of Urban Maps and Edo" and co-authored works such as "Nihonbashi in 'Kidaishōran': The Vibrant Town of Edo" and "Reading Illustrated Edo Screens." |
| Price | free |
| Organizer | Taito |
| Contact | Taito Ward Culture Promotion Section |
| Contact(Phone) | 03-5246-1118 |
| Web site | 【申込URL】https://logoform.jp/form/sQhE/637164 |
| Remarks | [Advance registration required] Only those who can attend both the first and second sessions should apply online or by postcard. [Capacity] 200 people (lottery) [Web] Apply via the URL above. [Postcard] Fill out the information below and mail it to the "To" address. On the outgoing side: ① Event name "The Charm of Ukiyo-e and Tsutaya Juzaburo" ② Postal code, address, name (in hiragana), phone number, age ③ Number of participants (up to 1 accompanying person. In that case, please also state the accompanying person's name (in hiragana), phone number, and age) On the reply side: Postal code, address, name To: 4-5-6 Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8615 Taito-ku Cultural Promotion Division "Getting to Know Edo" Section [Application Deadline] Friday, September 27, 2024. Applications must arrive by the deadline *Please refrain from applying multiple times by the same person. *Results will not be notified to anyone other than the winners. Thank you for your understanding. *The lottery results will be notified only to the winners 10 days before the event. *The content may be changed or canceled due to various circumstances. *Personal information provided will be used only for the intended purpose. *Please use public transportation to attend the event. [Image] Hishikawa Moronobu's "Kabuki Screen" right panel, owned by Tokyo National Museum |